SEJONG -- A new case of bird flu has been discovered at a duck farm in South Korea‘s southwestern region, the agriculture ministry said Monday, in the latest outbreak in the duck farming region.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said H5 avian influenza was detected at a farm in Naju, 355 kilometers south of Seoul, and culled all of the farm’s 16,500 ducks.
Quarantine officials plan to slaughter an additional 53,500 ducks at five other farms located within 3 kilometers from the affected region as part of preventive measures, the ministry said.